flush-decked
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of flush-decked
First recorded in 1620–30
Example Sentences
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“She is flush-decked, and I make out ten ports on a side, sir,” answered Owen from aloft.
From The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley by Kingston, William Henry Giles
The first was flush-decked; that is, it had a single straight open deck on which all the guns were mounted.
From The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans by Roosevelt, Theodore
She was a flush-decked vessel or corvette—large for that class of craft, with very square yards.
From Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships A Story of the Last Naval War by Hoggans, T.
She was a tremendously beamy craft, flush-decked fore-and-aft, and was armed with ten twelve-pounders in her broadside batteries, with a thirty-two-pounder between her masts—a truly formidable craft of her kind.
From The Log of a Privateersman by Rainey, W. (William)
There were six feet of head-room below, and she was crown-decked and flush-decked.
From The Cruise of the Snark by London, Jack
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